Letters to the Editor

‘Navajo Nation at crossroads’

After a century of a fossil fuel-based economy, the Navajo Nation is shifting to a non-carbon energy economy. The capital…

Televise ‘consequential’ Trump trial

Dear Hon. Chief Justice John Roberts, Now that Donald J. Trump has been indicted for crimes against America and us…

‘Need flat ground for functional roundabout’

I was at the city’s midtown safety improvement feedback meeting at the public library more than a month ago. Good…

‘Demand just transition to clean energy’

Are you feeling the heat? Perhaps not, as you sit in your air-conditioned office or home. But have you ever…

Wine below cost? ‘Ridiculous’

The Durango Herald and The Journal have written a few articles over the past couple of years in defense of…

‘Proud of Boebert’s work for military

I am a U.S. Navy veteran who served as a hospital corpsman. I am proud of what Congresswoman Lauren Boebert…

Editorial cartoon: Girls of summer

Green jobs ‘another failure of Bidenomics’

The editorial in the Wednesday edition of The Durango Herald and The Journal on the loss of carbon-based jobs in…

‘The dog days of Durango’

In the dog days of Durango edition on Friday, The Durango Herald and The Journal’s editorial board poked around the…

‘Check pockets’ for winning ticket

On Monday, Feb. 5, someone walked into the Huck Finn Exxon on the corner of C.R. 250 and C.R. 240…

‘Bring lawn chair to City Market’s parking lot’

For an afternoon social event, I highly recommend that you bring your lawn chair to watch City Market’s north parking…

‘Carpenter should be fostered, protected’

Issuing an industrial rezoning for the logging operation at the west entrance to Carpenter Natural Area in Cortez goes against…

‘ILC filling wetlands, burning slash, bulldozing’

My husband and I are against rezoning the Independent Log Co. property from commercial to industrial. Our home is adjacent…

‘No’ ILC industrial rezone in Cortez

Independent Log Co. owns a 10-acre parcel of land at 1050 Lebanon Road in Cortez. If its industrial re-zoning application…

Women, how do you justify voting for Trump?’

I have seen Donald Trump rallies in Iowa and around the U.S. I see women young and old cheer him.…

‘Capitalism works, socialism doesn’t’

Too many times, I hear or read of people referring to socialism as a system to which the U.S .should…

Mercy’s ‘shrinking services’ get personal

I raise concern about the shrinking availability of services at Mercy Hospital (formerly Mercy Regional Medical Center). Pre-Centura, there was…

‘Don’t need to be dodging poop bombs’

Durango is a dog friendly town, some might say obsessed. We have two dogs ourselves and all of our neighbors…

‘Movie night at Buckley Park fantastic’

Our recent movie night at Buckley Park was fantastic. The park was filled with a diverse array of happy people…

‘Reduce wildfire potential on property’

Here in Southwest Colorado, we’ve experienced a wet winter and spring, which relieved the years-long drought and decreased the wildfire…

Regulation 7 to ‘ensure Colorado on track’

Colorado’s Air Quality Control Commission recently approved Regulation 7, a new standard requiring the Air Pollution Control Division, and oil…

‘If going into wilderness unprepared’

This letter is based on a true experience I had hiking recently. I encountered a Texas man hiking alone, going…

‘PROVE IT Act’ next climate solution

If you are interested in accelerating climate change solutions, you may be interested in the newly proposed PROVE IT Act.…

‘Way my wife and I lived our lives’

I recently read this and I thought this was very appropriate, as this is the way my wife and I…